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Analysts Rush to Cut Projections
Amid Signs Economy Is Slowing

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Gregory Zuckerman Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Nov. 14, 2000 11:59 p.m. ET

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Blame it on the earnings.

In the past few weeks, Wall Street analysts have scrambled to slash expectations for corporate earnings at the fastest pace since 1997 amid growing indications that the U.S. economy is slowing. If earnings estimates continue to fall in the coming weeks, it would...